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for anyone interested, here's a new article (open-access) on geopower and Palestine:
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
While the majority of geographical work on colonialism in Palestine centres on territory and land, this article foregrounds geopower and geos in the making of spatial relations. It shows how geopower....
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
for anyone interested, here's a new article (open-access) on geopower and Palestine:
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We would like to share that Dr James Riding’s new book, the Subjective Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is launching in Sarajevo on 3 December. We’re very excited to share this incredible atlas. More details coming soon—stay tuned!
Read more here 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
Read more here 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We would like to share that Dr James Riding’s new book, the Subjective Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is launching in Sarajevo on 3 December. We’re very excited to share this incredible atlas. More details coming soon—stay tuned!
Read more here 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
Read more here 👇
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
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📢Professor Bethan Davies(@iceybethan.bsky.social )’s Juneau Icefield impact work is featured in the Global Tipping Points Report 2025 and in her invited UNESCO book chapter. Please check it out!
global-tipping-points.org
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
global-tipping-points.org
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📢Professor Bethan Davies(@iceybethan.bsky.social )’s Juneau Icefield impact work is featured in the Global Tipping Points Report 2025 and in her invited UNESCO book chapter. Please check it out!
global-tipping-points.org
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
global-tipping-points.org
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
Congratulations to colleague Merrill Hopper (@pruswieckowska.bsky.social) on her first publication!
First post and first publication!🚨
In this paper, I consider how we can reimagine border walls beyond the narratives of securitisation and sovereignty, using evidence from the peace walls in Belfast.
Published open access in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In this paper, I consider how we can reimagine border walls beyond the narratives of securitisation and sovereignty, using evidence from the peace walls in Belfast.
Published open access in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Congratulations to colleague Merrill Hopper (@pruswieckowska.bsky.social) on her first publication!
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Happy #PolarPride 2025! Celebrate diversity and the contributions of LGBTQIA+ people to polar science!
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Happy #PolarPride 2025! Celebrate diversity and the contributions of LGBTQIA+ people to polar science!
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Contrasting the visibility of playful art installations with a decline in funding for public infrastructures, @alisonstenning.bsky.social discusses how playability of ordinary urban environments is often ignored, devalued and undermined in urban planning.
When Cities Aren’t Playable: Placing Children’s Play in Urban Environments
Contrasting the visibility of playful art installations with a decline in funding for public infrastructures, Alison Stenning discusses how playability of ordinary urban environments is often ignored,...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Contrasting the visibility of playful art installations with a decline in funding for public infrastructures, @alisonstenning.bsky.social discusses how playability of ordinary urban environments is often ignored, devalued and undermined in urban planning.
Important work here from @drchrishackney.bsky.social and colleagues -
A study co-led by our experts highlights how sand mining is endangering the normal functioning of the Tonle Sap Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, potentially affecting 23 million people.
Read more here. ⬇
https://bit.ly/47V2Eza
#WeAreNCL
Read more here. ⬇
https://bit.ly/47V2Eza
#WeAreNCL
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Important work here from @drchrishackney.bsky.social and colleagues -
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It’s been wonderful to collaborate with Gazua Eluan on this book project and share her passion for preserving Bedouin cultural heritage.
We’re having a book launch in Amman later this month:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/book-l...
We’re having a book launch in Amman later this month:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/book-l...
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It’s been wonderful to collaborate with Gazua Eluan on this book project and share her passion for preserving Bedouin cultural heritage.
We’re having a book launch in Amman later this month:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/book-l...
We’re having a book launch in Amman later this month:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/event/book-l...
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Excellent time learning to model compound flood events at @deltares.bsky.social today. Hugely grateful for @ncl-geography.bsky.social Impact Funding, meaning we can now incorporate this work into the Durham Heritage Coast plans over the coming years!
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Excellent time learning to model compound flood events at @deltares.bsky.social today. Hugely grateful for @ncl-geography.bsky.social Impact Funding, meaning we can now incorporate this work into the Durham Heritage Coast plans over the coming years!
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Join us on Monday 17th at 10 am uk time for our live streamed COP30 talk on tipping points in the Cryosphere! We’re talking at the Cryosphere Pavilion, Blue Zone.
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Join us on Monday 17th at 10 am uk time for our live streamed COP30 talk on tipping points in the Cryosphere! We’re talking at the Cryosphere Pavilion, Blue Zone.
We’re delighted to share that Bethan Davies (@iceybethan.bsky.social) has been invited to give a talk at COP30 this year. On 17 November, she'll deliver an online talk at the Cryosphere Pavilion about 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴.
🛑LIVE @iccinet
🛑LIVE @iccinet
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We’re delighted to share that Bethan Davies (@iceybethan.bsky.social) has been invited to give a talk at COP30 this year. On 17 November, she'll deliver an online talk at the Cryosphere Pavilion about 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴.
🛑LIVE @iccinet
🛑LIVE @iccinet
Fantastic to see our colleagues Professor Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social and Dr Owen King contributing to UNESCO & WMO’s new volume Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes!
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
Newcastle scientists contribute to UNESCO glacier loss report
Scientists from Newcastle University have contributed to a major new international report highlighting accelerating decline of glaciers and ice sheets and the consequences for people and the planet.
www.ncl.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Fantastic to see our colleagues Professor Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social and Dr Owen King contributing to UNESCO & WMO’s new volume Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes!
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
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NCL press release: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
NCL press release: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
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Our recent article reflecting on neighbohood play during the first covid-19 lockdown, using Donald Winnicott (and Bonnie Honig and Joanna Kellond) to think about play, space, and care, both in the pandemic and beyond, now has a home in @tibg.bsky.social's December issue.
@wendyrussell.bsky.social
@wendyrussell.bsky.social
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we explore what the experiences of some children and families in their neighbourhoods during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown can tell us about the value and importance of neighbourhood ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our recent article reflecting on neighbohood play during the first covid-19 lockdown, using Donald Winnicott (and Bonnie Honig and Joanna Kellond) to think about play, space, and care, both in the pandemic and beyond, now has a home in @tibg.bsky.social's December issue.
@wendyrussell.bsky.social
@wendyrussell.bsky.social
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It was a delight to contribute a couple of chapters to this important UK National Commission to UNESCO book on glaciers and ice sheets in a warming world:
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes | UNESCO in the UK
Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming World: Impacts and Outcomes reveals how British-led research is helping the world understand, and respond to, one of the most visible frontlines of climate change.
unesco.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It was a delight to contribute a couple of chapters to this important UK National Commission to UNESCO book on glaciers and ice sheets in a warming world:
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
unesco.org.uk/resources/gl...
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On Remembrance Sunday. I was delighted to retell this amazing story of a little-known WW2 truce. Sometimes it takes courage not to fight. @ncl-geography.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Newcastle professor recalls US-Japan picnic truce
Prof Nick Megoran says the picnic on Aka island is as remarkable as the 1914 Christmas Day truce.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
On Remembrance Sunday. I was delighted to retell this amazing story of a little-known WW2 truce. Sometimes it takes courage not to fight. @ncl-geography.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Today I attended an update from
Jarrow Forward, the board leading Jarrow’s Plan for Neighbourhoods work.
A lot of important initiatives but I’m especially excited to see our research and advocacy around play being picked up and placed at the heart of the plan.
@ncl-geography.bsky.social
Jarrow Forward, the board leading Jarrow’s Plan for Neighbourhoods work.
A lot of important initiatives but I’m especially excited to see our research and advocacy around play being picked up and placed at the heart of the plan.
@ncl-geography.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Today I attended an update from
Jarrow Forward, the board leading Jarrow’s Plan for Neighbourhoods work.
A lot of important initiatives but I’m especially excited to see our research and advocacy around play being picked up and placed at the heart of the plan.
@ncl-geography.bsky.social
Jarrow Forward, the board leading Jarrow’s Plan for Neighbourhoods work.
A lot of important initiatives but I’m especially excited to see our research and advocacy around play being picked up and placed at the heart of the plan.
@ncl-geography.bsky.social
🌐Geography Lunch Club 🙌
Lovely lunch at Grainger Market with colleagues ☕️ 🥟🥙 A much-needed catch up. Thanks for organising, Adam!
Lovely lunch at Grainger Market with colleagues ☕️ 🥟🥙 A much-needed catch up. Thanks for organising, Adam!
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🌐Geography Lunch Club 🙌
Lovely lunch at Grainger Market with colleagues ☕️ 🥟🥙 A much-needed catch up. Thanks for organising, Adam!
Lovely lunch at Grainger Market with colleagues ☕️ 🥟🥙 A much-needed catch up. Thanks for organising, Adam!
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I have a new article, published #openaccess
Human geography: Not ending but worlding the modern subject in new ways
Dialogues in Human Geography
Volume 15, Issue 3
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Human geography: Not ending but worlding the modern subject in new ways
Dialogues in Human Geography
Volume 15, Issue 3
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Human geography: Not ending but worlding the modern subject in new ways - Jonathan Pugh, 2025
This commentary engages Bodden's (2025) ‘Working through our differences’ to draw out how contemporary frameworks of reasoning in human geography extend th...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I have a new article, published #openaccess
Human geography: Not ending but worlding the modern subject in new ways
Dialogues in Human Geography
Volume 15, Issue 3
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Human geography: Not ending but worlding the modern subject in new ways
Dialogues in Human Geography
Volume 15, Issue 3
doi.org/10.1177/2043...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University!
👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores".
This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat.
More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores".
This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat.
More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University!
👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores".
This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat.
More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
👉"Reconstructing past ice-sheet retreat and ice-ocean interactions from marine sediment cores".
This project will use new marine sediment cores to constrain the timing and drivers of past ice-sheet retreat.
More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University!
👉"What controls ice flow across Palmer and Ellsworth Lands, Antarctica?"
This project will use remote sensing datasets to examine the controls on past, present and future ice flow in Antarctica.
More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
👉"What controls ice flow across Palmer and Ellsworth Lands, Antarctica?"
This project will use remote sensing datasets to examine the controls on past, present and future ice flow in Antarctica.
More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢 PhD opportunity at Newcastle University!
👉"What controls ice flow across Palmer and Ellsworth Lands, Antarctica?"
This project will use remote sensing datasets to examine the controls on past, present and future ice flow in Antarctica.
More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
👉"What controls ice flow across Palmer and Ellsworth Lands, Antarctica?"
This project will use remote sensing datasets to examine the controls on past, present and future ice flow in Antarctica.
More details: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins.
Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia.
University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30: https://ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF
Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia.
University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30: https://ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF
INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins
INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University
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November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
INSIGHTS Lecture: Everyday Islamophobia by Professor Peter Hopkins.
Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia.
University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30: https://ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF
Drawing on his new book, this talk explores how the #Islamophobia industrial complex shapes lived experiences of Islamophobia.
University of Newcastle, Tue, 11 Nov 17:30: https://ow.ly/fqth50X9OOF
Lots of us are involved today in a workshop with National Trust colleagues, led by @michaeljrichardson.bsky.social, exploring young people’s access to nature, heritage and beauty. We’ve heard from @bagelwoman.bsky.social, @whatisrobshaw.bsky.social, @alisonstenning.bsky.social and Catherine Walker.
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Lots of us are involved today in a workshop with National Trust colleagues, led by @michaeljrichardson.bsky.social, exploring young people’s access to nature, heritage and beauty. We’ve heard from @bagelwoman.bsky.social, @whatisrobshaw.bsky.social, @alisonstenning.bsky.social and Catherine Walker.
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Come and study for a PhD with me @ncl-geography.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Come and study for a PhD with me @ncl-geography.bsky.social!